THE oldest known Boro FA Cup home programme is expected to attract national interest when it goes up for sale in Middlesbrough next month.

The Ayresome Park programme, pictured, is dated January 14, 1911, and is from a first-round tie against the then Division Two side Glossop, which Boro went on to win 1-0.

It is one of the many highly desirable items to be auctioned at the Methuselah football memorabilia sale at the Marton Hotel and Country Club on Thursday, March 6, at 1pm.

The Glossop programme is extremely rare and forms part an extensive Boro collection which is expected to attract national interest.

Auction organiser John Wilson enthused: “The sale, which we worked hard to secure, contains many scarce and significant pre-World War One Boro items, as well as other sought-after material from other eras. I expect the bidding to be very keen.”

The auction catalogue, which can be viewed on www.methuselahltd.com, also includes quantities of Sunderland, Newcastle and Darlington material, together with North-east amateur programmes, general autographs, FA Cup Finals, World Cup 1966 items, signed shirts, tickets and metal badges.